Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-11
SECOND DAY
op THE BALTIMORE cosfrREscE or
THE N. Z. caUacB. SOUTH.
visiting Committcss- Reports from tins
Presiding Elders Foreign WORK
Missionary Meetings
Addresses, &c.
tspec,.I Telegram to tho Dispatch.I

cond days session of the Baltimore
Southern Methodist Conference opened
at 9 O'Clock this morning. Rev. Is. W
Waugh led in devotional exercises.
Rev. II. 7. Hamill was appointed an
additional assistant secretary.
Rev. John Landstreet, a superannu,
ated preacher Of last year, was restored
to the effective ranks.
A report was received from the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society,
which was ordered to be printed III tle
Conference minutes.
Reports received from the Visiting
Committee Of the Valley Female Coi-
lege. of Winchester, Va, and from the
Methodist Historical Society were r.
icrred TO their appropriate committees
for consideration.
Reys. J. II. Bridges, of the Presby-
terrain church Charles +. Herndon, OF
the Baptist Church {; D. G. Hedrick, OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church and
J. J. Lafferty, u. d., editor OF the
Richmond Christian Adcocdte, were
introduced.
REPORTs or PRESIDING ELDERS.
The twentieth question--Are all the
preachers blameless in life and Official
administration was taken up, and the
districts called in the following order :
Baltimore District. L. Williams,
s. K. Cox, p. b. Smith, j. w. Wolfe,
I. r. Jones, b. w. Bond, II. p. Ha-
mill. J. II. Boyd, 4. Weller, W. \.
Mcdonald, 4. II. Shipley, j. Z. Boggs,
". X. Boyle. Rev. p. IL. Whisner,
presiding elder, gave an excellent re-
rort of the condition of the work within
the district. A new church has been
built and is supported as a mission in
connection with st. PauPs, In Balti-
more.
East Baltimore District-W. II. D..
Harper, ". }. Young, c. i. Damson,
}. ". Hawley, 0. +. Burgess, j. c..
Thrasher, J. ". Mitchell, J. W. Grub,
". H. Sanders, T. G. Nevill, John 0.
Tackett, j. S. Porter, $. b. Daily, u.
NJ. Lyle, w Q. Ross, J. c. Sedwick,
and &. T. Ball. Rev. Thomas Pear
son. presiding elder, made a statement
concerning the district, and the evil
dence showed the work on ali lines ad-
yancing.
Washington District. W Haddaway,
r. Smithson, j. W. Duffy, o. G. Beal,
r. H. Wilson, Isaac w. Carter, j. Z.
Armstrong, j. r. Vanhorne, G. W.
Brown, A. p. Neel, G.. A. Joyce, J. ID.
Martin, John A. Kim, j. c. G. New
ton, d. 4. Eutsler, j. C. Jones, W. r.
Stringer, T. Fur, i. w. Haslup, j.
W. Steele, and r. r. Slough. Rev.
Samuel Rodgers, presiding elder, repre-
scented the work as greatly improved
family prayer observed by large per
centage of the membership; preachers
had all been faithful in their work, aud
abotit Ct etc 9 ooH raised for church build
ing and improvements.
Winchester District. &c. T. Tyler,
j. II. Dulaney, J. II. Wolf, II. W.
Ringer, d. i. Reid, W. l.. Lynch, f.
\. Strother, j. r. Andrew, l.. Butt.
w. G. Fqgleston, $. Townsend, ". X.
MARSHALL, W. G. Hammond, $. r.
snapp, II. A. Gaver, J.. Fox, G. H.
Zimmerman, J. p. Hyde, and w. p.
Harrison. Presiding-Elder John S.
Martin made a report which gave evil
dence Of the iiberality of the Church in
that part of Virginia. Marked improve
ment over the previous year was no.
ticoable.
Rockingham District. j. S. Gardner,
l.. c. Miller, j. J.. Kibler, II. 5.
Cunningham. W. W. Watts, II. 4.
Brown, Y. NJ. Jones, A. NJ. Oakley,
H. d. Bishop, G. 7. Collins, Il. VI.
Wheeler, II. VI. Stricken, J.. l.. Lloyd,
c. G.. Linthiam, J. II. Davidson, j. >.
Hopkins, 7. b. Riley, and W. A. Harris.
Rev. j. c. Dice, the presiding elder
who closes his fourth year on the dis
trict, gave an extended report Of the
work, no part of which is behind in its
former history, and in many respects a
decided advance.
FOREIGN wOEF.
Rev. J. &. John, missionary score
tary, addressed the Conference in the
interest OF the foreign work OF the
church.
\ note was received announcing the
critical illness of Rev. Or. McFerrin,
of Nashville, agent OF the publishing
house there and the oldest Methodist
minister in the South. Resolutions OF
sympathy were adopted by a rising
vote.
y bis afternoon missionary meeting
WIS held. Rev. c. N. Brown presided.
Rev. Dr. John, Reys. John \. McCor-
mick, and A. a. p. Neel delivered adj
dresses.
Rev. Il. r. Slough, of Fredoricks-
burg, Va, preached in the Methodist
church tonight to a large conErega-
ton.